Last minute preparations

30 June 2008- Monday

It was the last work day and, as luck would have it, the chairman of the department is out on a trip to the Galapagos Islands, the administrator is out taking a trip with his family and the administrative assistant is visiting her sister in Missouri so there is no-one in the department to share my anticipation with. As a result, I decided to take off at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon to finish packing for the Trans-Siberian railroad.